The gangster Abu Salem who has been behind the bars for over
one decade now facing murder and extortion charges, surprisingly once worked as
a mechanic and a taxi driver.

Born
in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district in 1968, Salem took birth in a poor
family. His father was a lawyer by profession but Salem at an early age had to
begin supporting his family financially.

Initially, he set up a mechanic shop in his home town
followed by driving a taxi in Delhi and eventually moving to Mumbai.

He
stayed in Jogeshwari area where he spent 20 years of his life. At an early age
of 18, Salem committed his first crime. Being involved in riots, Salem was
accused of killing one man.

In
1985, Salem became a part of the underworld and began smuggling gold. It was in
1993 that Salem’s notorious activities reached its pinnacle when his
involvement in Mumbai bomb blast was established.

As a consequence, Salem had to leave the country and reach
Dubai where he came in direct contact with Dawood Ibrahim, Anees Ibrahim and
Chhota Shakeel and started taking care of Dwaood’s extortion operations related
to Bollywood.

Four
years later in 1997, Salem was declared the main accused of music baron Gulshan
Kumar’s murder.

Salem’s
criminal activities became seamless and eventually he became the main
conspirator in many cases like hatching a plan to kill actress Manisha
Koirala’s secretary, the murder of builder Pradip Ranjan, murder of producer
Mukesh Duggal.

He was also accused of conspiring against producer Rajiv Rai
and actor director Rakesh Roshan.

Declared
a fugitive, Salem was at last caught in Lisbon, Portugal with his alleged
second wife Monica Bedi. His whereabouts were traced through GPS which tracked
his satellite phone.

After
serving sentence in Portugal, he was extradited to India to face trail. In
2006, 8 charges were filed against him by a special TADA court and he was
lodged into Mumbai’s Arthur jail.

Salem married Sumaira Jumani in 1991 but due to his criminal
activities Sumaira took an an ex-parte divorce from him while he was in jail.

Sumaira
alleged that she had a troubled marriage with Salem and told how violent he
became with her.

Watching
her and her 8-year old son’s life under constant threat due to her husband’s
involvement in underworld, Sumaira decided to part ways.

Salem’s next love interest became actress Monica Bedi.

One
day, Salem called Monica and offered her a show in Dubai. Monica was asked to
perform in the show to which she agreed.

Few
days later, Monica again received a call for confirming her performance in the
show.

Not knowing that she was talking to the underworld don Abu Salem,
Monica got close to the caller and the phone calls ended up Monica visiting
Dubai.

Still
unaware of Salem’s real identity, Monica had begun developing feelings for him.

Visiting
Dubai twice to meet him, Monica had believed that the man she was in love with
was Arsalan Ali- the name Salem used to fake his identity.

Monica kept calling him to Mumbai to meet her but Salem
always came up with an excuse. Finally, on her 3rd trip to Dubai, Monica got to
know Salem’s reality. But it was too late for her. Both had developed for each
other by now.

Monica
once said that whenever she visited Salem in Dubai he did not let her return to
Mumbai. He feared that police might trace her, interrogate her leading to the
whereabouts of Salem. Therefore, the couple started living in Dubai.

Allegedly, the two had also consummated their married.
However, these allegations were denied by Monica. After the couple started
receiving threats from the Mumbai underworld, the couple moved to Switzerland
and later to Portugal where the Interpol arrested them in 2002.

After
serving the sentence there, both of them were deported to India in 2005. Bedi
was booked under the acts 20 (cheating), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and
section 12 of the Passport Act. The jail term given to her was reduced with the
years she had already served in Portugal jail.

By now Monica had already realized that they were not made
each other and the couple separated.

Once
again in 2013, Abu Salem fell for a Mumbai girl and married her on a train to
Lucknow. Forty six-year- old gangster Abu Salem married for the third time on
8th January. The gangster’s new wife is believed to be 20 years younger than
him.

Salem’s nikah took place while he was being brought to
Lucknow from Mumbai for a hearing in a fake passport case.

The
two policemen and a relative became witness to Abu Salem’s marriage while the
Qazi consummated the marriage over the phone.Salem’s
new wife, who is a resident of Mumbra area in Mumbai, used to attend all
hearings of Abu Salem that took place in Lucknow and Mumbai. That is when the
two met each other, fell in love and consequently decided to marry.

Reportedly,
Abu Salem’s new wife has been looking after his left over property in Mumbai.

Courtsy : IndiaTv
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